On 07/13/2018 08:38 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
- how could I enable nvidia this way for a windows session in Virtualbox? There I process the huge (50MB) photo files from my camera and a strong graphics card would be so very much appreciated - the reason I bought this laptop...
Do I se this wrong. If so, correct me please.
Daniel, For Virtualbox Win7, there is nothing you enable for nvidia. Virtualbox provides the virtualbox-guest-additions driver for Win7 that will use 2D hardware acceleration by default if present on your Host. So other than configuring your normal openSuSE display with whatever driver you are using and then loading the virtualbox-guest-additions in Win7, there isn't anything to do. I would avoid tweaking the virtualbox-guest-addition to use 3D hardware acceleration unless you absolutely have to. (there is a procedure that will enable Aero to run in Win7 -- but it is labeled (and is) experimental, and is hit or miss. (not to mention makes the guest prone to the behavior you are trying to avoid) As for the odd disappearing and reappearing text (in just one window?), I have seen driver oddness on some of my older boxes where the screen with flicker (and in some cases flash one/off momentarily ever couple of seconds), but have not had problems of that kind Leap 42 came out. (side-note: your `rpm -e name.rpm` will not provide any output unless you also give the `-v` option -- it just does the removal without any feedback unless there is an error) I have had very good luck with both nouveau and nvidia drivers on Leap 42. No issues at all with either. (the nouveau driver performs on-par with nvidia in all but the high-motion full-screen use, like desktop-cube in plasma or full-screen video). If you just use your box for normal coding or word processing, etc.. you won't notice any difference (but your graphics card will run cooler with nouveau). That said, the nvidia install is a simple install. Just add the nvidia repo and use yast to select the driver you need based on your card. E.g., just add: https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/42.3/ (adjust for your Leap version) and fire up yast software management and select your driver. If you use yast, the drm_ issues are handled properly without you having to remove the drm_ for the kernel, etc.. The only other thought I had was to make sure you do not have other xf86 drivers installed. It would be odd that there was a conflict, but if you have multiple drivers installed and nothing black-listed, I can see issues there. It also sounds like you have multiple cards in your laptop -- I don't know if you can select/disable one in the BIOS, but that would be something else to investigate. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org